Mike, I would be interested in your source. Not yet have I found anyone who guarantees ANY length for CD's. Possibly because storage and handling can affect longevity? Since the disks are so new, I have never heard anyone guarantee them. I use to deal with mastering software and no on in 1995-1996 when I surveyed the industry would guarantee it. Helen > > From: "Michael Donnally" <[email protected]> > Date: 2004/04/12 Mon PM 10:10:32 EDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [OHJACKSO-L] Contacts for microfilming/CD's > > FYI: > > If I remember correctly -- I think the shelf live of todays CD's is150 years > or less. Excesses of light and heat factors would minimize those years as > well as the overall use of it. > > > > Mike Donnally > > > >

Hey everyone, Here is what the experts on Tech TV have found out. As short a time as 4 years ago some experts in the industry decided to start testing cd's for long term storage. The results haven't been very good. The cd's have started to lose their data. So Tech-TV's, show The Screen Savers have suggested that we all take our cd's of data and pictures every year and transfer them to newer cd's. Doing this will save all our data until a stable CD id developed. Now with them saying this, Would you want to put all those records on to today's CD's ? I sure wouldn't. I have been taking their advice and copy my cd's over every year. IF I didn't not only would I be worried about my computer data but all of my digital photos. So this is definitely something to really think about! Cheryl Brandt